Selected Articles
[J22]Weiran Yao, Haoyu Tian, Jianxing Liu, Ligang Wu*, Yu Sun, (2025). “Time-extended consensus for multi-agent non-interactive collaboration,” Automatica 171: 111985. DOI: 10.1016/j.automatica.2024.111985
[J21]Yanqi Lu, Weiran Yao*, (2025). “Active fault-tolerant hybrid control integrated with reinforcement learning application to cable-driven parallel robots,” Control Engineering Practice 158: 106277. DOI: 10.1016/j.conengprac.2025.106277
[J20]Yankun Wang, Weiran Yao*, Bing Zhang, Guanghui Sun, Bo Zheng, Tao Cao, (2025). “MCLIVO: A low-drift LiDAR-inertial-visual odometry with multi-constrained optimization for planetary mapping,” Measurement 240: 115551. DOI: 10.1016/j.measurement.2024.115551
[J19]Yanqi Lu, Weiran Yao*, Chengwei Wu, Xiaolei Li, Guanghui Sun, (2024). “Disturbance observer-based control for cable-driven parallel robots with external disturbance using deep reinforcement learning,” Asian Journal of Control. DOI: 10.1002/asjc.3353
[J18]Haoyu Tian, Weiran Yao*, Bo Dong, Xiashuang Wang, Guanghui Sun, Ligang Wu, (2023). “Task-extended utility tensor method for decentralized multi-vehicle mission planning,” IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering 21(4): 6081-6093. DOI: 10.1109/TASE.2023.3321835
[J17]Ouyang Zhang, Weiran Yao*, Desong Du, Chengwei Wu, Jianxing Liu*, Ligang Wu, Yu Sun, (2023). “Trajectory optimization and tracking control of free-flying space robots for capturing non-cooperative tumbling objects,” Aerospace Science and Technology 143: 108718. DOI: 10.1016/j.ast.2023.108718
[J16] Weiran Yao, Yang Chen, Jinyu Fu, Dong Qu, Chengwei Wu, Jianxing Liu, Guanghui Sun, Liming Xin*, (2023). “Evolutionary utility prediction matrix-based mission planning for unmanned aerial vehicles in complex urban environments,” IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Vehicles 8(2): 1068-1080. DOI: 10.1109/TIV.2022.3192525
[J15] Jinyu Fu, Weiran Yao*, Guanghui Sun, Zhe Ma, Bo Dong, Jishiyu Ding, Ligang Wu, (2023). “Multirobot cooperative path optimization approach for multiobjective coverage in a congestion risk environment,” IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics: Systems 54(3): 1816-1827. DOI: 10.1109/TSMC.2023.3329970
[J14] Jinyu Fu, Weiran Yao*, Guanghui Sun, Jianxing Liu, Ligang Wu, (2023). “Full coverage path planning recombination framework for unmanned vehicles with multi-objective constraints,” IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics 71(8): 9276-9286. DOI: 10.1109/TIE.2023.3319732
[J13] Yankun Wang, Weiran Yao*, Bing Zhang, Jinyu Fu, Jian Yang, Guanghui Sun, (2023). “DRR-LIO: a dynamic-region-removal-based LiDAR inertial odometry in dynamic environments,” IEEE Sensors Journal 23(12): 13175-13185. DOI: 10.1109/JSEN.2023.3269861
[J12] Jinyu Fu, Weiran Yao*, Guanghui Sun, Haoyu Tian, Ligang Wu, (2023). “An FTSA trajectory elliptical homotopy for unmanned vehicles path planning with multi-objective constraints,” IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Vehicles 8(3): 2415-2425. DOI: 10.1109/TIV.2023.3237518
[J11] Weiran Yao, Liming Xin*, Desong Du, Haixu Song, Mitesh Badiwala, Yu Sun, (2023). “Semi-parametric model-based adaptive control for aortic pressure regulation in ex situ heart perfusion,” IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics 70(7): 6131-6140. DOI: 10.1109/TIE.2022.3192603
[J10] Weiran Yao, Liming Xin*, Yan Peng, Yang Chen, Naiming Qi, Yu Sun, (2022). “Trajectory consensus for coordination of multiple curvature-bounded vehicles,” IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics 52(7): 6307-6319. DOI: 10.1109/TCYB.2020.3036289
[J9] Xiangyu Shao, Weiran Yao*, Xiaolei Li, Guanghui Sun, Ligang Wu, (2022). “Direct trajectory optimization of free-floating space manipulator for reducing spacecraft variation,” IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters 7(2): 2795-2802. DOI: 10.1109/LRA.2022.3143586
[J8] Chengwei Wu, Weiran Yao*, Wei Pan, Guanghui Sun, Jianxing Liu, Ligang Wu, (2022). “Secure control for cyber-physical systems under malicious attacks,” IEEE Transactions on Control of Network Systems 9(2): 775-788. DOI: 10.1109/TCNS.2021.3094782
[J7] Weiran Yao, Yang Chen, Haoyu Tian, Chengwei Wu, Ligang Wu*, (2022). “Multi-UAV synchronous approaching using homotopy-based trajectory planning,” Guidance, Navigation and Control 2(2): 2250012. DOI: 10.1142/S2737480722500121 (Awarded 2022 GNC Best Paper)
[J6] Liming Xin, Weiran Yao*, Yan Peng*, Naiming Qi, Mitesh Badiwala, Yu Sun*, (2021). “Model reference adaptive control for aortic pressure regulation in ex vivo heart perfusion,” IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology 29(2): 884-892. DOI: 10.1109/TCST.2020.2978448
[J5] Weiran Yao, Naiming Qi*, Chengfei Yue, Neng Wan, (2020). “Curvature-bounded lengthening and shortening for restricted vehicle path planning,” IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering 17(1): 15-28. DOI: 10.1109/TASE.2019.2916855
[J4] Weiran Yao, Naiming Qi*, Yongbei Liu, Song Xu, Desong Du, (2020). “Homotopic approach for robot allocation optimization coupled with path constraints,” IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters 5(1): 88-95. DOI: 10.1109/LRA.2019.2944060
[J3] Weiran Yao, Naiming Qi*, Neng Wan, Yongbei Liu, (2019). “An iterative strategy for task assignment and path planning of distributed multiple unmanned aerial vehicles,” Aerospace Science and Technology 86: 455-464. DOI: 10.1016/j.ast.2019.01.061
[J2] Weiran Yao*, Naiming Qi, Jun Zhao, Neng Wan, (2017). “Bounded curvature path planning with expected length for Dubins vehicle entering target manifold,” Robotics and Autonomous Systems 97: 217-229. DOI: 10.1016/j.robot.2017.09.003
[J1] Weiran Yao*, Naiming Qi, Yanfang Liu, (2017). “Online trajectory generation with rendezvous for UAVs using multistage path prediction,” Journal of Aerospace Engineering 30(3): 04016092. DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)AS.1943-5525.0000694
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Books
[B1] Chengwei Wu, Weiran Yao, Guanghui Sun, and Ligang Wu, (2021). Security of Cyber-Physical Systems: State Estimation and Control, Springer Nature Switzerland AG, Cham, Switzerland. ISBN: 978-3-030-88350-8. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-88350-8
[B2] Mingying Huo, Naiming Qi, Zichen Fan, Weiran Yao, and Hui Ren, (2022). Complex Dynamics and Control of Electric Solar Wind Sail (in Chinese), Harbin Institute of Technology Press Co., Ltd., Harbin, China. ISBN: 978-7-5603-8337-8.
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